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During construction, 1915 (Chicago Daily News)Navy Pier opened to the public on July 15, 1916. [5] Originally known as the "Municipal Pier", the pier was built by Charles Sumner Frost, a nationally known architect, with a design based on the 1909 Plan of Chicago by Daniel Burnham and Edward H. Bennett [6] Its original purpose was to serve as a dock for freighters, passenger ships, and indoor ...
Venice is a neighborhood of the City of Los Angeles within the Westside region of Los Angeles County, California, United States. Venice was founded by Abbot Kinney in 1905 as a seaside resort town. It was an independent city until 1926, when it was annexed by Los Angeles.
Clifton's Cafeteria, once part of a chain of eight Clifton's restaurants, was the oldest surviving cafeteria -style eatery in Los Angeles [1] and the largest public cafeteria in the world [2] when it closed in 2018. Founded in 1931 by Clifford Clinton, [3][4] the design of the restaurants included exotic decor and facades that were "kitschy and ...
Googie's Coffee Shop. Googie's Coffee Shop (styled googies) was a small restaurant located at 8100 Sunset Boulevard in Los Angeles next door to the famous Schwab's Pharmacy at the beginning of the Sunset Strip. It was designed in 1949 by architect John Lautner and lent its name to Googie architecture, a genre of modernist design in the 1950s ...
The most coveted restaurant reservations in 7 big US cities. Maria Noyen. Updated August 26, 2024 at 2:43 PM. MILA Miami is an ideal spot to treat clients, India says. Courtesy of MILA Miami. It's ...
Website. www.panns.com. Pann's is a coffee shop restaurant in the Westchester neighborhood of Los Angeles, California, known for its history, role in movies, and distinctive architecture. The restaurant was opened by husband and wife George and Rena Poulos in 1958. [1][2] It is also known for its neon sign, [3] Googie architecture, and 1950s ...
San Pedro (/ sæn ˈpiːdroʊ / san PEE-droh; [4][5][6][7] Spanish for ' Saint Peter ') is a neighborhood located within the South Bay and Harbor region of the City of Los Angeles, California, United States. Formerly a separate city, it consolidated with Los Angeles in 1909. The Port of Los Angeles, a major international seaport, is partially ...
Open Location Code. The Open Location Code (OLC) is a geocode based in a system of regular grids for identifying an area anywhere on the Earth. [1] It was developed at Google's Zürich engineering office, [2] and released late October 2014. [3] Location codes created by the OLC system are referred to as " plus codes ".